casing

InfoCasing may refer to an enclosing shell, tube, or surrounding material.

Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure.Some of the casing stones that once covered the structure can still be seen around the base.There have been varying scientific and alternative theories about the Great Pyramid's construction techniques.…

In former times they were sometimes made with a steel casing on the thick end.

Silas was spading up the garden and came at the call.It was a work of some labor to get the article out of its secure casings.It disclosed a very handsome piece of furniture in the escritoire style, carved and inlaid not only with beautiful woods, but much silver.…Cited from A Little Girl in Old Salem, by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The Dalek mutant is housed in a clear, reinforced compartment set beneath a standard Dalek dome and resembles a limbless, humanoid torso.Mechanical arms and energy weapons are located on both sides of the casing.Spider Degradations are egg-shaped with red and black hemispheres, move on three legs and are armed with four energy weapons.…

The most common type of pencil casing is of thin wood, usually hexagonal in section but sometimes cylindrical, permanently bonded to the core.Similar permanent casings may be constructed of other materials such as plastic or paper.To use the pencil, the casing must be carved or peeled off to expose the working end of the core as a sharp point.…

Over the years, they were produced in various styles with both wooden and metal casings.The smaller pendulum clocks which were also produced became popular too.…

If the mezzanine decks are fully deployed there is insufficient height to accommodate lorries and other high vehicles other than at the bow and stern.The central casing means that she can only carry one lane of commercial vehicles down each side of the car deck.The passenger accommodation is similar to that onboard the Mull ship.…

The criminal was often described wearing various disguises such as a Halloween mask as well as attempting to impersonate a homeless man or drug addict.Police say that the shell casings found at each of the crime scenes all came from the same gun.Phoenix police spent thousands of hours patrolling and following up on hundreds of tips during the summer of 2006.…

When this finally goes down to two cases, the contestant is given the choice of opening one of the two cases (which contains the amount of money that will be taken home).The amounts in those two casings is eventually revealed and the game ends.…

Original singer Jade Jones also formerly of Damage is a previous singer in the band.After a long period of writing, the group began the next stage of its evolution and began show casing its new material.The group's first gig was at the OTR Studio's in Hackney, London on May 18, 2005.…

The home is usually stone or brick and the walls are never true and plumb - the distance from the casing to several points on the masonry can be scary.Measure from the face of the casing to the face of the structure.…

A Kansas City-style hot dog is a pork sausage in a sesame seed bun topped with brown mustard, sauerkraut and melted Swiss cheese.The most popular variety of hot dog in Maine is made with natural casing.The casing is colored red, and so the hot dogs are commonly referred to as red snappers.…

Many more casing stones were removed from the great pyramids by Muhammed Ali Pasha in the early 19th century to build the upper portion of his Alabaster Mosque in Cairo not far from Giza.These limestone casings can still be seen as parts of these structures.Later explorers reported massive piles of rubble at the base of the pyramids left over from the continuing collapse of the casing stones, which were subsequently cleared away during continuing excavations of the site.…

The blinds had been drawn up, though the windows were let down into their casings out of sight.Cited from TCB On The Mississippi, by Edgar Darlington

The tomb numbers 118 among the ancient pyramids discovered so far in Egypt.The largest part of its wide casing was built with a superstructure high.Hawass's archaeological team began excavating the site in 2006.…

It was originally covered with fine limestone as shown by some remaining casing stones.The burial chamber and antechamber were both lined with fine limestone as well and roofed with 3 tiers of megalithic limestone beams 10 meters long weighing 90 tons each.…

The bower is decorated with green and white objects, including berries, fruits, shells, pebbles and bones.Man-made objects may also be used for decoration, including glass, gun casings and metal objects.Each bower may be used for a number of years and when new bowers are constructed material from the older bower will be recycled.…

It's known that very long wells (around 6000 ft) were successfully gravel packed in many occasions, including deepwater reservoirs in Brazil.In this case the casing is set above the primary zone.An un-cemented screen and liner assembly is installed across the pay section.…

Battle Chips given as prizes changed over time in 'volumes' and later versions/revisions of the game; not surprisingly, most of the Battle Chip range was obtainable from the game, including an amount of exclusives.Battle Chips won during play could also have a different colour casing.Although most characters were playable, another way to use Battle Chips was slotting in a different kind of chip, the Navi Data Chip, through a separately marked chip port.…

Mr. Jones was cleared by a grand jury and insists that the officers had been scared by his cellular phone.No weapons or shell casings besides those of the officers were found in the vehicle or near the scene.From 1971-99, the unit was made up of 60 to 100 members.…